The customer is always right. In this case, customer Rickie bought a traditional Sashiko sampler from PurlSoho.com; but instead of using traditional navy-blue thread, she stitched the pattern in decidedly upbeat colors. The result: classic + modern = beautiful. Jen of The Purl Bee blog walks us through Rickie’s design choices and construction steps so we can duplicate the results for ourselves. See the tute.
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Easy Sputnik 50’s style Christmas decoration and more!
Putting beads on pipe cleaners is so easy anyone can do it. So this retro style holiday decoration can be made by everyone in the family. Make a whole collection of these mid-mod stars and decorate a big window with them. This sputnik 50’s style Christmas decoration was featured at Betz White’s blog with a bunch of other cute holiday crafts.